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Definition of alt : The higher part of the scale. See Alto.

Synonyms:

natural elevation, elevation, summit, peak, top, elevated railway, acme, pinnacle, height, aggrandisement, raising, elevated, lift, aggrandizement, tiptop, altitude, EL, elevated railroad, superlative, overhead railway, meridian

Usage examples:

• 84 degrees 22 minutes E.; Alt. - "Himalayan Journals V2.", J. D. Hooker.
• Stranger still, these books, though of different forms, and by different authors, alt treated of the same subject. - "The Wandering Jew, Book VIII.", Eugene Sue.
• Chilblains may be mitigated by taking the tincture of this Agaric, and by applying some of the stronger tincture on cotton wool over the swollen and itching parts alt night. - "Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure", William Thomas Fernie.